Russian Supreme Court uses AI to draft plenary resolution

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In what appears to be a first, Russia's Supreme Court has used artificial intelligence to help draft a plenary resolution, pro-Kremlin media report.

Supreme Court Judge Vyacheslav Gorshkov said the technology was used "for the collection and processing of information" for a set of guidelines on preparing civil cases for court. The document updates a 2008 decree in light of various changes to the Russian legal system over the last 18 years.

The AI-drafted version was not the final one. According to the Telegram channel Baza, the draft prepared using AI was sent for further editing.

The application marks a significant step in the increasing acceptance of AI use in the Russian justice system, but it's not the first time an LLM has been used by Russian courts. In autumn 2025, for example, judges in the southern city of Krasnodar upheld a verdict that appeared to have been written using AI.

According to statistics previously cited by former Council of Judges chair Viktor Momotov, 35% of courts were already using AI as of May 2025. Momotov hailed it as a development promising "to ease the heavy workload of the justice system and understaffing of the court apparatus".